On the way back to Texcoco, Barry Watson said to his chief, "What do you think of putting some security men on Genoa, just to keep tabs?"
"Why?"
Watson looked at his fingers, nibbled at a hangnail. "It just seems to me it wouldn't hurt any."
Chessman snorted.
Dick Hawkins said, "I think Barry's right. They can bear watching. Besides in another decade or so they'll realize we're going to beat them. Mayer's ego isn't going to take that. He'd go to just about any extreme to keep from losing face back on Earth."
Natt Roberts said worriedly, "I think they're right, Joe. Certainly it wouldn't hurt to have a few Security men over there. My department could train them and we'd ferry them over in this space boat."
"I'll make the decisions," Chessman growled at them. "I'll think about this. It's just possible that you're right though."
Behind them, Reif looked thoughtfully at his teen-age son.